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Peer tere jaan di 

The pain of you leaving

Peer tere jaan di, kidha jara ga mai 

How am I supposed to bear the pain of you leaving? 

Tere begair zindagi nu, ki kara ga mai 

Without you, what am I supposed to do in life?

Peer tere jaan di, kidha jara ga mai 

How am I supposed to bear the pain of you leaving? 

Tere begair zindagi nu, ki kara ga mai 

Without you, what am I supposed to do in life?

Peer tere jaan di, peer tere jaan di

The pain of you leaving 

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Ki kara ga pyaar di, lutti bahar nu 

What am I to do with love when its joy is stolen?

Sajayi sajayan mehfilan, hunde shingaar nu 

Celebrations are decorated lavishly

Hathin mari muskaan da, matam karanga mai 

Flailing my hands, I will mourn the loss of your smile 

Tere begair zindagi nu, ki kara ga mai 

Without you, what am I supposed to do in life?

Peer tere jaan di, peer tere jaan di

The pain of you leaving 

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Je ro pya te kehn ge, deewana ho gya 

If I cry they'll call me crazy

Naa bolya ta kehn ge begana ho gya 

If I don't speak they'll say I’ve become distant

Lokan di es zubaan nu kidhan fadan ga mai 

How can I control their gossip?

Tere begair zindagi nu, ki kara ga mai 

Without you, what am I supposed to do in life?

Peer tere jaan di, peer tere jaan di

The pain of you leaving 

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Sahaan di dubdi naav nu, jhaunka mila ya na 

The drowning boat of my breath may still get a saving wind 

Is jahaan milan da, mauka mile ya na 

If I do not see you again in this life

Agle jahaan milan di koshish kara ga mai 

I’ll try to meet you in the next

Tere begair zindagi nu, ki kara ga mai 

Without you, what am I supposed to do in life?

Peer tere jaan di, peer tere jaan di

The pain of you leaving 

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Sajna zaara tu tehar ja, sajda te kar lava 

Wait my beloved, allow me to see you off 

Athru na koi vekh lai, parda te kar lava

I’ll cover my face so no one can see my tears

 Maana dila de sehj te, pathar taran ga mai 

Oh Maan, [lyricist] I’ll place a stone in my heart

O jaan wale alvida eh nahi kahanga mai

I won’t say goodbye

Peer tere jaan di, kidha jara ga mai 

How am I supposed to bear the pain of you leaving? 

Tere begair zindagi nu, ki kara ga mai 

Without you, what am I supposed to do in life?

Peer tere jaan di, peer tere jaan di

The pain of you leaving 

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